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Mark Rothko is a key figure in Abstract Expressionism, best known for his large color field paintings like No.61 (Rust and Blue) (1953). Born Markus Rothkowitz in Dvinsk, Russian Empire (now Latvia) in 1903, Rothko and his family immigrated to the United States in 1913.
He is best known for his color field paintings that depicted irregular and painterly rectangular regions of color, which he produced from 1949 to 1970. Although Rothko did not personally subscribe to any one school, he is associated with the American abstract expressionism movement of modern art.
As the principal recipient of the Mark Rothko Foundation's largesse, the National Gallery of Art received more than 1,100 works—paintings on canvas and works on paper—as well as research materials, including conservation records and exhibition reviews.
Mark Rothko ( ROTH-koh; Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz until 1940; September 25, 1903 – February 25, 1970) was an American abstract painter. He is best known for his color field paintings that depicted irregular and painterly rectangular regions of color, which he produced from 1949 to 1970.
Mark Rothko was an American painter known for his abstract canvases featuring blocks of glowing color. View Mark Rothko’s 356 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices.
Mark Rothko painted soft, rectangular forms floating in saturated color that made him a leader of New York Abstract Expressionism.
Rothko’s classic paintings have a formula: two to four rectangles that seem to be suspended in the space he created on the surface. The Untitled piece, created in 1959, consists of three floating fuzzy rectangles. Mark Rothko, Untitled, 1944–1946, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY, USA.
Learn about the life and works of artist Mark Rothko in this web feature, created in conjunction with a major exhibition highlighting his extraordinary career.
Mark Rothko, a pioneer of the New York School, is one of the most significant and influential artists of the twentieth century, predominantly recognized for his mesmerizing Color-field paintings of immense scale.
From the late 1940s until his death in 1970, Rothko tested the limitless possibilities of layering dense fields of colors on large-scale canvases. His paintings invite the viewer to become, in his words, “enveloped within” them.